Genesis 41:33
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33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 18:21
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21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
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Exodus 18:22
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22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
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Exodus 23:8
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8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Deuteronomy 1:13
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13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
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Deuteronomy 16:18-20
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18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
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